Twice’s Japanese subunit simply dropped their mini album’s pre-release single, a canopy of J-pop icon Namie Amuro’s “New Look”
Nonetheless on a trend week excessive? Twice’s Japanese subunit Misamo is about to maintain us within the vibe with their upcoming second mini album “Haute Couture.” However forward of the album’s launch subsequent month, the trio dropped a canopy of Namie Amuro’s “New Look.”
Amuro is a J-pop icon who, earlier than her retirement, was additionally referred to as the Queen of Japanese Pop. “New Look” was then a part of Amuro’s 2008 single, “60s 70s 80s,” with the music representing the ’60s. The music additionally samples The Supremes’ “Child Love.”
Amuro’s “New Look” music video (MV) was characteristically ’60s in aesthetic, with shiny, daring colours and trend. The lyrics of the music are additionally very stylish and classy, incorporating slang and phrases that one would usually hear from Japan’s “oshare” (trendy) women. The sound can also be very attribute of J-pop of the late aughts.
Misamo’s cowl, coming 16 years after the music’s unique launch, is a direct and fairly devoted model but additionally comes with Misamo’s personal taste. (They’re giving “New Look” a brand new look, you can say…) The women pay homage to the J-pop icon within the MV’s opening, not solely mentioning “16 years in the past” but additionally sporting full bangs paying homage to Amuro’s personal coiffure within the unique MV.
And whereas Amuro stayed inside the ’60s aesthetic, Misamo’s model sees the ladies play with quite a lot of seems, even sporting completely different “occupations,” going past simply singers or idols, filling the sneakers of designer, journal editor, and photographer.
The 2024 MV additionally incorporates extra pastels, and options some up to date choreography, although nonetheless referencing bits from the unique.
Musically talking, this upbeat monitor contains a barely extra mellow and candy vocal remedy from Mina, Sana, and Momo, however retains the stylish, oshare character the lyrics recommend. In truth, I’d personally even say that Misamo’s interpretation of the lyrics make it extra playful than the unique.
Total, followers of early 2000s J-pop can certainly take pleasure in nostalgic gems from Misamo’s new single and MV but nonetheless take pleasure in one thing that Misamo has tailored into their very own.
Misamo’s second mini album “Haute Couture” is about to be launched on Nov. 6.
